Superfly
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The term Superfly or Super fly may refer to:
- Super Fly (film), a landmark 1972 blaxploitation film
- Super Fly (soundtrack), a Curtis Mayfield soundtrack to the film
- "Superfly" (song)Superfly (song)"Superfly" is a song by Curtis Mayfield, the title track from his 1972 soundtrack album for the film of the same name. It was the second single released from the album, following "Freddie's Dead ", and reached #8 on the Billboard Pop chart. The lyrics celebrate the craftiness and determinaton of...
, the album's title track
- "Superfly", a song by 4 Non Blondes on their only album Bigger, Better, Faster, More!Bigger, Better, Faster, More!- Personnel :* Linda Perry - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals* Roger Rocha - guitar* Christa Hillhouse - bass, vocals* Dawn Richardson - drums- Additional personnel :* Shaunna Hall - guitar* Rory Kaplan - mellotron* Suzie Katayama - cello...
- Superfly (company), a company founded in 2010 focused on helping frequent fliers maximize their rewards
- Super flyweightSuper flyweightSuper flyweight is a weight division in professional boxing. It is alternatively referred to as junior bantamweight and light bantamweight...
, a weight division in professional boxing - Frank "Superfly" LucasFrank Lucas (drug lord)Frank Lucas is a former U.S. heroin dealer and organized crime boss who operated in Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was particularly known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in the Golden Triangle...
, Harlem crime figure and inspiration for the film American GangsterAmerican GangsterAmerican Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Steve Zaillian. The film is based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning... - "Superfly" Jimmy SnukaJimmy SnukaJames William "Jimmy" Reiher is a semi-retired Fijian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Originally from the Fiji Islands, Snuka wrestled for several promotions in the 1970s and 1980s. Snuka is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having been a...
, retired professional wrestler noted for his risk-taking performances - "Super Fly" (Giant Panda song), a 2005 single by Giant Panda
- Superfly, a recurring character in the Joe CartoonJoe CartoonJoe Cartoon is the name of a series of Flash-based online cartoons that was launched in 1998 by creator Joseph C. Shields, a comic artist, and t-shirt and toy designer from Michigan...
franchise - "Superfly", a song on The O.C. Supertones' sixth album Hi-Fi RevivalHi-Fi RevivalHi-Fi Revival is the sixth album released by The O.C. Supertones. Hi Fi Revival was the first of three sessions the Supertones recorded in Franklin, Tennessee at Dark Horse Studios. This was the last record that featured bassist Tony Terusa. Matt Morginsky and Ethan Luck lived together at this...
- Superfly (band), a JapaneseJapanese peopleThe are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
rock unit, formerly a duo, named after Curtis Mayfield's song - Superfly Johnson, a character from the failed video game DaikatanaDaikatanaJohn Romero's Daikatana, or simply Daikatana, is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive. Released on May 23, 2000 for Windows, it was led by John Romero. The game is known as one of the major commercial failures of the computer game industry....
- Super Fly (wrestler)Super Fly (wrestler)Super Fly is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado . Super Fly's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans...
, a Mexican professional wrestler